In 1919, Marija entered the convent of the Servants of Charity. Precociously devoted to God and acts of charity, by 1906 the young girl had taken a vow of chastity and actively worked with the Daughters of Mary, rising quickly to take on the presidency of the group, as well as taking the lead in other group in the years that followed. In December of 1892 a girl, Marija, was born on the island of Korčula, the sixth child of Marija and Antun Petković. Nothing was immediately apparent in the darkness around the brightly lit ship, but they radioed to report a possible impact, and continued on their way. In the lowering twilight, the crew of the fishing trawler suddenly felt the jolt of an impact. On a late summer evening, the Kiowa Maru, a Japanese fishing boat, was underway in the Pacific off the coast of Peru.
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